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Monty Williams has officially become the vice president of basketball operations for the Spurs.

Williams was the head coach of the Pelicans from 2010-2015 and was an assistant coach for the Thunder last season. The Spurs already have one of the best front offices in the league and the addition of Williams will only help. We still expect him to return to the sidelines as a coach in the future. Sep 16 - 12:52 PM

In an interview with ESPN's Hannah Storm, Monty Williams said that he's preparing himself to coach again.

The entire eight minute video is worth watching as Williams opens up about his wife, his past few months and what the future holds for him. After a tumultuous time period in his life, Williams appears prepared to get back to work on the sidelines once he's ready.. "I'll just take it one day at a time," Williams told the AP's Brian Mahoney. "Obviously working in the NBA is really important to me, but at the same time there's a few other things that need to happen for me to get back to that point." His outlook on life is nothing short of inspiring. Aug 13 - 2:39 PM

Monty Williams is expected to join the Spurs' coaching staff next season.

It's great to hear Williams will be back out there coaching after the terrible tragedy of his wife passing away in February. He has a positive impact on his players, so this is a terrific hire by the Spurs. Jul 29 - 11:22 PM

Depth Charts

Tim Frazier will likely start at point guard once again, and is a very intriguing DFS option. In the 22 games he has started this season, Frazier is averaging 10.8 points, 7.5 assists and 3.4 rebounds. Langston Galloway and Buddy Hield should also see additional playing time.

Thus, there will be plenty of playing time up for grabs in the Pels backcourt. Tim Frazier will likely start at the point. Buddy Hield has started at shooting guard in each of the last two games, but it has been Langston Galloway that has been the more reliable fantasy player. Galloway is averaging 22.5 points and 4.5 treys over the Pels last two contests.

Tyreke Evans (knee, calf) will not play against the Clippers on Saturday.

He is expected to miss at least one more game on top of that. The Pelicans are going nowhere fast and have only a four percent chance to make the playoffs, per FiveThirtyEight.com. Evans will have a restriction on him for a long time, so stashing him is going to require a lot of patience.

Quincy Pondexter (knee surgeries) is still not close to getting back on the court.

"Quincy’s probably going to take a little bit longer than [Tyreke Evans to return]," Pelicans' GM Dell Demps said. "We’ll get a better determination on Quincy probably in about two weeks." With Evans' looking at a potential December return, it sounds like Pondexter might not get back to the court until sometime in January. He doesn't offer enough upside to warrant a hold in any setting.

Dante Cunningham (knee) has been diagnosed with a non-displaced right proximal fibula fracture and is expected to miss 4-6 weeks.

The Pelicans said he wasn't expected to miss much time, but they didn't know Cunningham suffered a fracture from banging knees on Wednesday. Cunningham's playing time as a starter was trending up with around 30 minutes per game recently -- he does only have a 12.0 usage rate this year. While he was out on Wednesday, Solomon Hill started the second half and is likely to be starting going forward. They also used a lot of three-guard lineups with Jrue Holiday, Tim Frazier and Langston Galloway. Frazier should be owned in standard leagues, Galloway is a short-term pickup for 14-team leagues and Hill is worth a look for owners with something to cut in deeper leagues.